Improved shaft-tug



` To all whonmtauayconcern: n Beit known that I, WILLIAM Henn ConnnLL, of ,i Nashville, in the county of I iohnes'and in the State i, of Ohio, haveiinvented certain new and useful Inn'- Iprovements in,.lhill0ari-ier for Harness; and do d fset forth. i, i

t g In order to enable others skilled in the art to which l winni,

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QWILLIAM nhnn ooinnaLL, or NasHvILLn, onto.

Letters `Pflicht No. 103,020, dated ilIay 17', 1870.

IMPRovED SHAFT-Tue.

The Schedulereferrd to 1n these Letters Patent andmalziug part `of the same herebydeclarel that-'the following is a full, clear, and

i exact descriptionthereof,`reference being hadA to the i' accompanying drawingsand'to thetetters of] refer- :ence marked` ,thereonI making a "partofy tins specifi-` :The I iatnreoflnyinventjan consists in the :nstruc-` tion and arrangement ot a sha-ft or thillf-carrier for `one-horse harness, as will. be hereinafter more fulky iny invention appertainsto 'make and use the same, I .willhow proceed to deseribeits construction and `operation, referringrto the annexed drawings, nwhich ,"Fgnre 1 isial perspective View of the entire carrier, t `and j Figure 2 is :fa longitudinal 4vertical` section of a cast.-

` inginscd in thesame.

A represents a leather strap, oi'suitable length and which is passed through 1%,1 and doubledin the cent-er;

i Front the buckle downward, the two halves of the. strap are sewed together fora suitable distance, when T aigroovedsegmentaLcasting, O, is inserted betweenthem, said casting `having at its ends projecting tongues a n; n d i The louguea. at thenpper eudis inserted between n thelstitches at the edges of thes'trap.

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tongues (t n, flanges b b, and pin theloop of' a buckle',`

At the other end of the castinr U, the two ends of the strap are again sewed together, the stitches commencing at the base ot' the other tongue. i

Oneend oi' the strap A' is longer than the other, and fastened in the buckle'ttbrming the shaft-ear-4 rier.

In the buckle B is attached a strap, D, foi-forming the connection with tllesaddle.

Un't-he .sides oi the casting C are flanges bb, projecting downward, and between whichisa pin, d, said flanges andfpin being cast casting and its tongues.

lo -the pin d is attached a strap, E, for forming the connection with the belly-band.

Having thus fully described my invention,

WhatI claim as 1. The grou/ved segmental casting C, provided with d, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with the casting 0,1he double strap A, buckle B, and connecting straps D E, all si1bstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7 th day 'of' March, 1870.

WILTlM M' 'H URD CORRI'lLL. [n s] Witnesses:

K. l. Gonnox, l. C.' SILL.

all in one piece with the new, and desire to secure by Leb 

